After she called him as her grandson, she basically dragged him with him to a room, where she told him to sit down, while she went to do something.

So now, Nevada was sitting in a seiza position, in front of the low table. Next to him, his weapons were laid out onto the ground.

As he waited, he thought about what had just happened'I came here to learn and then suddenly, I find a woman, who believes me to be her grandson. She then proceeds to drag me here and then leave me here alone. Huuh. I have no idea If she is told the truth or not. But I guess I have to find out.'

So, he just keeps sitting there a s waiting with his hands on his knees. The door was then suddenly opened and Yre stepped into the room, with tray in her hand. She put it down on the table and poured tea into the cups. She gave one to him and the other to herself. She then sat down into a seiza position and looked at Nevada.

Both of them didn't know what to say, as they just met and had no idea how to start a conversation. So, to ease the awkwardness, Nevada took a sip of the and before swallowing it, tried to taste every ingredients in the tea just in case.

"I didn't poison it, If you are thinking that. I despise such methods."Yre says, after seeing what he was doing.

"A habit. Nothing I can do with it."Nevada replies and puts the cup down on the table.

"I'm Nevada by the way."he introduced himself and she follows"Yre Flamefox."

There is a small silence between the two, before she says"Lets just get to the topic. This is getting painful."

"Agreed."he replies and so, she starts"You probably are thinking: If I am your grandmother, then why haven't you heard about me from your father."

"I...I don't have a father."Nevada tells her and Yres expression turns from a friendly to a serious one.

"What do you mean....my Arthur would never leave you. Even If you were a cursed one? Is he dead?"she asks him and Nevada, who doesn't know himself, says so"I don't know...my mother abandoned me in the forest and I was found there by my foster mother."

"Do you perhaps know who your real mother is?"Yre asks him and he just shakes his head. Yres shoulders drop, as she now stares at the half-empty cup in her hands. Her son has been gone for half a century and has gotten a child, who he probably doesn't even know about. So today, when Nevada showed up, she hoped to learn a little about her son, but nothing. The kus doesn't even know his father and his mother abandoned him.

Nevada doesn't say anything, as he can understand, that she has a lot it think about right now. So he just quietly sits there and looks around, to kill time until she finishes thinking.

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An hour passes, before she comes back from her thinking and looks around with a slightly confused look. She stops to look at Nevada and realising, that she had made him wait, she apologizes"Sorry Nevada. It's just..."

"I get it."he replies"No need to worry about. As long as everything is okay, we can continue."

"We can."she tells him"So tell me why have you come here?"

"To learn."he replies to her.

"And exactly what?"

"Everything."he tells her in a serious voice.

"Why do you want to learn?"she asks him and takes a sip from her cup.

"So I would get to know more about my race. There is very little, I know about kitsunes."

"And the other reason?"she asks him.

"To kill the person, who marked me."he tells her and points at the Mark of Sola.

"You want to kill a goddess...With what do you plan to do that?"

"With this."he says and puts his katana on the table. She stares at it with an amazed look and while reaching out to it, she says"This is...the Sword of Ice...you have a Godslaying Weapon."

The moment she touches the sword, she pulls her hands back and looks at them. See sees, that by touching the sword for a moment, she already got frostbite on her fingers.

"Touching this sword can freeze a person to death...a very dangerous sword indeed."she mutters, after she concluded that.

She thought for a few seconds and then said"Your training will start tomorrow. For now, rest. You surely must be tired."

"Thank you."he said.

"No need. You are my grandson. It's the least I can do."she says and the yells out a name"Elane!"

Immediately, the door is slid open and behind it, Elane is standing and asks"Yes?"

"Take Nevada here to his room. He will be joining us from today."she tells her and Elane replies"Understood. Come now."

Walking in the corridor, Elane is walking in front of Nevada, who is following her. Also currently, he is carrying his weapons on his hands, as he doesn't want to waste time by putting them back on.

They finally stop in front of the door, after a few minutes of walking in silence.

"This is your room. Enjoy your stay."Elane says and walks away, as her job is done.

As for Nevada, he walks into the room and looks around it. It looked like a Japanese room, with the tatami mats and all. He just put his weapons on the table and looked around the room. Beside the bed and the table, it was pretty empty.

As for Yre, she was talking to her daughter.

"Mother. Why did you let him join so quickly?"

"Because he is my grandson."

"How can you be so sure. Just because he looks like brother, doesn't mean that he is his son."

"Elane....my word is final. So from now on, you will try to get along with your nephew. He's a good kid at heart."

"His an assassin mother. His job is to kill."

"What he does for living, does not concern me as long as it doesn't threaten this place."

"But still mom..."

"Elane...Stop whining."Yre says in a serious tone and continues"That kid is the King. The closed existence to our ancestor, Aksehü. And I want him to learn about his powers and master them. What kitsune doesn't even have his flame lit by that age."

"Okay."Elane replies simply and leaves the room.

Nevada himself, just stared at the wall for hours, until he decided to go to bed. So, he started to take off his clothes and soon, all of the were off. He then went to bed and fell asleep quickly, as the last few days, his bed was a tree and it was very uncomfortable.

Hours passes and he continued to sleep. But as he was sleeping, the door to his room was slide open and a shadowy figure of a kitsune could be seen entering.